A Third of White Evangelicals Voted Liberal
When I reveal that I'm a liberal evangelical, I'm often seen as some sort of crazy contradiction. Hardly! There are millions of us.
In this article from the AP, about today's election it notes:
"In a sign of a dispirited GOP base, most white evangelicals said corruption was very important to their vote — and almost a third of them turned to the Democrats."
So good news. Some evangelicals are coming to their senses.
A Minor Point: I don't mean to be split hairs but it wasn't a full-third that "turned" to the Dems. Not even close. Millions of us never turned away.
According to this helpful article by Pew, 30% of evangelicals voted against Bush in 2000 although that dipped down to 21% in 2004. So, the "swing" is not the full 33%.
But the swing is larger than these numbers suggest because of the designation "white." The general "evangelical" designation includes a lot of black people who are faithful liberal Christians.
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